10 Tools I Wish I Bought Sooner

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Here are 10 woodworking tools that I wish I'd 
bought sooner Thanks to Shopify for sponsoring  today's video This is not one of those 10 
beginner woodworking tools videos because   We've all seen those and we know what they are 
I know when I started I got all the tools and   Then afterwards I picked up a few tools that I was 
like what have I been doing all this time without   These and those are the ones we're talking about 
today now this first tool is probably my favorite   You'll see why in just a minute this is the Amana 
non-marring counter sync bit with a depth stop   Collar on it but as you're starting out working 
let's be real you're using screws because you   Know you're not like mortise and tinon dude or 
gal yet and if you want to put screws flush with   Your material you're going to be using some 
counter sync bits and so this is one that I   Started using actually I think this might be the 
exact one that I started using right when I was a   Beginner when you're drilling the hole you're 
just kind of eyeballing it and trying to get   The same depth on each one and get that right 
below the surface and so when you drive your   Screws in one might be pretty deep another one 
might be a little bit more shallow and another   One might be right there at the top and I don't 
know if you're like me you're probably not but   I am neurotic and I want them all to be the same 
level because Perfection and all that good stuff   Now the collar is the depth stop and as I drill 
in it's going to stop exactly where I need it now   I can drill all three holes and they should come 
out perfect and after driving in some screws you   Can look at it and it looks gorgeous and so I'm 
going to be raing these tools on a faster better   Or easier for this one it is definitely faster 
because you don't have to eyeball it and it is   Definitely better and easier for that matter 
highly recommend this tool when you first start   With working you're probably going to have a 
circular saw and you're going to be breaking   Down plywood with that because you probably have 
a smaller table saw and after using a 2×4 for a   While and trying to find straight 2x4s I picked 
up this guy and this is a straight edge that is   Just made out of aluminum and I use this for 
a long time but let's say I wanted to cut this   Piece at 12 in I could make a little mark down 
here but I can't just grab my straight edge and   Put it on there because the distance between the 
blade and The Edge on this saw is 5 in so I need   To offset the straight raight Edge 5 in there to 
make the cut right on my line and I've got to be   Honest there are definitely times where I have 
not done that when I was using a straight edge   And made my cut either 5 in too long or 5 in too 
short and probably the thing I hate most is dust   Collection because even though it does have a dust 
port on the back it is wide open right here so it   Is just a disaster as far as dust collection and 
you might capture 50% if you're lucky so I waited   Far too long before I got tool number two which is 
the tracksaw a track saw is so much better than a   Circular saw on a straight edge in just every way 
first off the dust collection is amazing it's got  

The little boot here on the back but also it is 
fully enclosed so it really captures a lot of   Dust and you can even get little 3D print caps 
like this one from my buddy Drew with that will   Go right into this little dust port and let you 
capture even more dust now the dust collection   Alone on a tracksaw is enough for me to buy one 
that just makes it way better but what also makes   It faster and easier is the actual TR rack there's 
no more offset I can put this right down on that   12in line and just line it up exactly where I 
want my cut and then just cut straight down the   Line and your Cut's going to actually be better 
too because it's got this little strip on here   That acts as a tear out prevor and there's even a 
little tear out prevor here on the bottom of the   Saw to also help I think I was in woodworking 
for over 10 years before I got a track saw but   It makes it faster better and easier should 
have done that one way earlier and one of the   First things you probably bought was a drill and 
you probably used it for just about everything   Drilling driving you know mixing paint whatever 
and I did that for sure when I started out then   I upgraded to a driver but that's not the tool 
I wish I had have bought earlier because there   Are different kind of drivers let me show you 
one thing I've always disliked about impact   Drivers is how loud they are and when you're out 
in the open it's fine but if you're putting screws   Inside a cabinet or something it starts echoing 
around it can get really loud I've got a decel   Meter right here so I figure we should just go 
ahead and measure it if I hit this little Max   Button it will actually say the max Deb it's at 
and now we'll drive a screw and see how loud it Is 106.2 that is really loud there's a whole 
deciel scale that's probably like in the I   Don't know jet engine level noise or Screaming 
crowd in a stadium that's pretty loud and that's   Why I replaced my loud impact driver with this 
hydraulic imp impact driver basically it's the   Exact same thing except there's actually oil in 
there that dampens the impact or at least dampens   The sound but the noise level is way lower so I'm 
going to switch out the bit from the old one to   The new one and I'm going to zero out the decel 
meter and then run this one at the same distance   From it we'll see how loud it is all right let's 
check that out O 94.6 So this hydraulic impact   Driver is over 10 DB quieter than the normal 
impact driver so the decel scale is not linear   So that's not just like a 10 or 12% difference 
that's actually something much more than that   Which I don't know which we'll put on the screen 
somewhere here so that is a huge reduction and   The hydraulic driver is definitely better maybe 
not faster and easier but for sure better than   The impact driver and if you're driving a 
whole bunch of screws over the course of   A day that could really make a difference when 
I first moved into this shop 10 years ago this   Was the setup for my miter saw that's right it's 
just sitting on a piece of MDF on top of these   Exact saw horses of course it was a little nicer 
because I had a nice laminated piece of MDF that   Was my mom's old sewing table now if you've ever 
done a lot of mitera cuts on a rickety setup like  

That then you can feel my pain so when I built my 
mobile Myers station that was a huge upgrade the   Main thing was outfeed and then having a stop 
block so that mobile Miner saw station did me   Well for a very long time but the next step after 
that I really wish I had it done earlier now this   One is not so much a tool as it is a setup for 
the tool and I know it is a luxury because not   Everybody is going to have the space to do this 
but building a mitol station that is stationary   And has a lot of outfeed was a huge game changer 
for me and this is in the garage these are only   20in deep cabinets so even if you have a garage 
and you're still parking cars in you can get by   With it but let me show you why this is such a 
game changer you can do this setup in a lot of   Different configurations but I really like 
having the saw kind of right in the middle   So I can make cuts on either side now I've got 75 
in of cabinets over here on the left and then six   Feet of cabinets over there on the right and 
the end of these cabinets goes into a little   Cubby because it's a corner so I can get an 8ft 
board and hang it all the way over there and make   An in cut right on my saw the thing I like best 
about this is I have a fenceless setup so I have a   Little te trck that sets back from the front fence 
here of the miter saw and then my stop block can   Move move up and down and I have a little flip 
stop on it so I can put it down and reference   It for a cut but if I want to lay something 
down and not use the stop block I just flip   It back up that's a really nice feature to have 
and there's no fence to get in the way and you   Can get repeatable Cuts all the way down to about 
7 ft adding in this mitol station definitely made   Things faster better and easier and if you can 
at all swing it I highly recommend it getting a   Compressor and a me nailer was one of the first 
things that I did when I started getting into   Woodworking and not just because this nail gun has 
my name's egg to it but so I could do things like This sorry but you realize really quickly that 
having a compressor going off all the time is   Really annoying especially if you're trying to 
film videos and if you're trying to work your   Way around a table youve got this cord that you 
kind of have to drag over and now it's getting   In the way of your project and it's just not that 
convenient although they are fairly inexpensive   But as soon as I switched over to cordless nailers 
these are a big game changer because they're just   So convenient they're definitely a little bit 
heavier but even something as inexpensive as   This RI one you could still get the same bump 
fire and I do like this Milwaukee one a little   Bit better kind of cuz it sounds really awesome 
too a cordless technology has come a long way and   These cordless models are just as capable and as 
powerful as their corded companions without the   Compressor they will definitely make your work 
faster and easier because you don't have to wait   For the pressure to build up in the tank and also 
you don't have to move around the cord and get it   Out of the way or rake it over your project and 
mess something up so if you can swing it for the   Money I would highly advise grabbing a cordless 
nailer now woodworking has been around for a  

Long time and so there's not that much Innovation 
that really comes out but about 10 years ago the   Compact trim router came out and actually Bosch 
Colt was the first one and this was a huge Game   Changer in woodworking to have this nice small 
compact size and be able to do things like round   Over edges and I use these a ton and just like the 
cordless nailer going from a corded compact router   To a cordless compact router is a nice upgrade 
but that's not actually the thing I wish I had   Bought earlier what I wish I had bought earlier 
was actually a better cordless compact router and   There are some big differences between these 
two routers that make this one so much better   If you've been around the channel at all then 
you're probably going to know this first one   And that is dust collection for me I am a huge 
stickler for dust collection this one does have   A dust collection Port which I was super excited 
about but the front is totally wide open so the   Dust collection is okay but there's still a lot 
that gets out this front side so when I saw this   One I was really excited because the entire base 
is enclosed so we've got the port here but then   It is fully enclosed and then this back side so 
there's no place for the dust to go out at least   In the top of course it's still going to come out 
at the bottom but we're going to get way better   Dust collection so that is a huge positive for 
this guy now this next one if you're handling the   Tool properly you shouldn't have to worry about it 
but it is a nice feature and that is the stopping   So if I turn this guy [Music] on you see when I 
turn it off that it has a little while to spool   Down maybe takes two or 3 seconds as it goes 
and so that bit is still spinning and if I put   It down then I could gouge my table or you know 
something worse and this guy has an electronic   Brake on it so if I turn it on and then turn it 
off it stops immediately so that is really nice   If I turn it off I know I can just put it down 
immediately and not have to worry about where   That bit is and if it's still spinning or not and 
the last thing is the ergonomics and the battery   Form factor on this guy is quite a bit wider so 
it can get a little more Tippy especially if you   Get a bigger battery on there versus this guy is 
more Compact and up and down so it's not going   To want to tip as you're going around especially 
on a little narrow surface so for all the tools   Today that I'm showing these are just just the 
ones that I've been using for years in my shop   Different brands could work great for you it's 
more about the options and what they allow you   To do than it is about the specific Brands so 
just like the cordless nailor this is obviously   Going to be a faster and easier experience because 
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or partially whether I have a painted base with   A nice hardwood top or if I just have something 
fully painted like a dresser or a closet organizer   And I have been known to just use a paintbrush 
and maybe a roller for a lot of that painting   And that is just such a huge time suck when you 
have to go paint everything by hand so to save   Time I upgraded to an hvop paint sprayer and hvop 
stands for high volume low pressure and basically   This will just spray the paint out here and this 
is just a really inexpensive one that plugs in   And it just runs off the little compressor up here 
in the top now this is a good place to start and   It does an okay job it just doesn't have as much 
power in here to really atomize the paint and you   Really have to thin things down with this so after 
waiting far too long I upgraded to this paint   Sprayer which has its own dedicated turbine in it 
so the turbine is in this case part here and then   It has the hose so this will force the air and it 
just plugs in right here and then it does have two   Little canisters with differ size nozzles on it 
and there are a lot more options on this setup   As far as the flow rate as well as the shape and 
the direction of the nozzle that you can get with   This now let me turn this on one of the things 
I love about this specifically is you don't hear   Anything because you can turn it on right here 
at the gun so it's not always spraying you can   Just turn it [Music] on and turn it off right at 
the gun head that's a really nice feature because   When you're spraying a project and after you stop 
pulling that trigger sometimes you just don't want   That extra air flowing out because it can mess 
up the paint job or it can blow other debris and   Material into your finish I use this guy mostly 
for paint and for stain for outdoor projects as   You can see with the nice speckled finish here 
but I don't use this for polyurethanes or clear   Finishes just because I don't want to have clear 
and paint going through the same machine so I   Actually still haven't really gotten one that's 
specifically for finishing that I think there's  

A lot of other great options with four and five 
stage turbines that would be great for applying   Things like lacquer or polyurethane or any other 
clear finish now good paint sprayer definitely   Checks off all the boxes of faster better and 
easier it's just so much Superior to doing a   Brush finish especially if you have a lot of 
different parts that you need to get into or   Weird surfaces Norm Abram has drilled into our 
heads that there is no more important safy rule   These safy and I would completely agree I am 
a big stickler for safety and I think falling   Close behind that is ear protection but the third 
one I think a lot of people Overlook and that is   Protecting your lungs with something like a dust 
mask this is actually a little bit of an upgraded   One because it has the little valve here so that 
it won't fog up your glasses but these are great   For protecting you from fine dust and you should 
be wearing these whenever you're doing something   That's really dusty but these can only go so far 
just because they're fairly generic in the shape   Of them and it just has the cloth liner on it so 
I started wearing an upgraded dusk mask which is   Like this little guy right here which you can get 
a lot better fit with because it can go around the   Back it does have the nice little valves on it 
and it's all adjustable and it's just nice and   Easy to use so fairly similar to that but the 
real upgrade that I should have gone to earlier   Is a full respirator and this guy is awesome this 
is a half latch respirator and you see me using   This in a lot of my videos especially if I am 
spraying finish or anything like that and that's   A big thing thing also is that you need to get the 
right one and they make different air filters for   This so I have some of the pink ones that you've 
seen me wear a lot in the videos it's actually   At the new property right now so I don't have it 
so you really want to be using the organic Vapor   Filters when you're applying finish and you're 
using something that has a lot of voc's if the   Finish smells really strong it's probably got a 
lot of voccs and especially if you start getting   A headache when you're working around it that's 
where these will save you cuz we don't need to   Lose any more brain cells than we already are 
by watching so much YouTube the great thing   About the respirator is it has this full Rubber 
seal and so you can put this on and there now I   Sound like Darth Vader ruk I am your father was 
not actually the line in the movie but you know   That's another story and I love this half-lap 
feature on this mask that you can pull it on and   Off easily without having to take it all off so 
you need take a sip of Mountain Dew or something   Now the respirator is only really going to be 
better not so much faster or easier but it is a   Really important better and it really helps just 
keep my lungs clean so I'm not coughing the next   Day after I'm Milling up a bunch of lumber 
a chisel is probably one of the most useful   Woodworking tools and basically anything that 
cuts is pretty much just a form of a chisel and   This was one that I got from my grandfather which 
was one of the first ones I started to using which   Was pretty awesome but uh it's got a nice little 
Bend to it so after that I picked up some ones  

From Harbor Freight which are horrible and then 
I upgraded to a quite nicer chisel which was this   Irwin that has great Steel on it and then even 
eventually to a socket chisel which this thing   Just cuts like butter but one thing these all have 
in common is I need to sharpen them now sharpening   Chisels can be a little bit intimidating and I 
was definitely intimidated and I didn't want to   Get one of these sharpening Stones I really like 
the scary sharp method which is basically using   Sandpaper so I made up this little tile and this 
actually has some little Diamond lapping paper on   It then I could use one of these cheap little 
sharpening Jigs and put my chisel in there but   Of course you have to get the angles you have to 
measure it and have a little jig for it and then   Once you have that then you can go in and just 
sharpen right here on the lapping paper and I'm   Mainly a power tool woodworker so I don't get a 
ton of enjoyment out of sharpening things like   Some people do so I got this instead this is the 
worksharp 3000 and no I didn't just make that name   Up that's what this is actually called but this 
is basically a power tool for sharpening your   Chisels and plane blades and it is awesome now 
just this little guy right here is the worksharp   And this is just a jig I built around it to hold 
all the accessories and basically the way that it   Works is it has these glass plates on top and it 
spins them and you put the Chisel against it and   It lines it up so it will perfectly sharpen the 
angle you want so I have a series of different   Plates here and you start up with one so one 
side is 120 then you can go over to 400 and   That's great for when you're sharpening a new 
chisel or bringing a really beat up one back to   Life but if you just need a little tuneup you 
can go down and I will go down to the 3600 so   We've got 1,000 grit on this side and 3600 grit 
on this side so now now I can put this onto the   Worksharp this is where you put the Chisel in and 
you can adjust the angle I've got it at 25° which   Is where I like my chisels now if I want to put 
a new Edge on this guy I will just highlight the   Tip here in Black so I'll know it's been taken off 
or not then turn it on with a few Strokes it'll be Sharp so you can see here with the tip of the 
Chisel now is all shiny new metal which means   That is sharp now I can move on to the next 
grits now I definitely wouldn't say this does   A better job than an expert with a wet stone but 
I think this for sure is faster and easier and   It works great for what I need it to do which 
is basically just to have a nice sharp chisel   That can cut wood easily and not have to just 
sit there pounding away at it now there's one   Woodworking process that I think we can almost 
all agree is the absolute worst and that is   Sanding and there are some things that will make 
it easier like great sandpaper or a little hook   And loop backer for it and of course one of the 
first things you should get is a random orbital   Sander because that's going to make your life 
a lot easier and you can even upgrade to the   Next level and get a 6in sander with an attached 
dust extractor like I have here and these are all   Great things but that's not the thing I wish 
I had a bought earlier it's this guy the drum  

Sander now a drum sander is basically just like a 
robot that does your sanding for you and don't we   All want that so it's a lot like a planer and 
it has a drum in the middle which you set to a   Certain height and a conveyor belt that feeds it 
through and it just Sands off that layer and you   Just keep going until you get to the level that 
you want or until you get everything to a clear   Surface now the two places that the drum sender 
helped me the most were when I was doing ingrain   Cutting boards because those are just a nightmare 
to Sand by hand and also doing tabletops because   It is open-ended so you can put it through and 
then go to the other side so coffee tables for   Sure you do need to have a much larger machine to 
do something like a big tabletop but they come in   So handy it is really nice to have now I would 
say that this is faster better and easier but it   Comes at a price and if you are doing woodworking 
for a business then for sure you're going to be   Able to get that payback on it because it's 
just going to save you so much time if you   Want to see some tools under $20 that I love 
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